Buttons Recruitment are proud to be helping our Client look for a New Deputy Manager in their Children's Home in Leiston.
*Unfortunately we are UNABLE to offer Sponsorship at this time*
What they require from you:
- Are you an experienced deputy manager or a senior support worker looking for your next challenge?
- Do you have experience working with children who present behavioural challenges?
- Do you have experience working with children who possible have mental health and wellbeing needs?
- Do you have experience with Autism and ADHD?
- Do you have an understanding of managing a home?
- Do you have an understanding of Ofsted registered services?
Your Role:
- To ensure the care given to the young people and the work reflects the Statement of Purpose
- To provide support and guidance to staff regarding effective daily operations and practice issues, and to delegate duties effectively.
- To provide advice, guidance and support to young people and staff in setting and maintaining the boundaries and structures in place.
- To carry out domestic tasks to maintain reasonable levels of hygiene and maintenance.
- To attend relevant meetings, and, where appropriate, to facilitate meetings including to lead meetings.
- To empower and support staff and young people in positive decision making
- To provide support and leadership to staff members
- To provide formal supervision to staff members
- To provide a staff rota at least one month in advance to ensure there is sufficient staff cover 24hrs a day
- To source staff cover in the event of staff absence or sickness in conjunction with Manager
- To provide on-call support on a rotational basis
- Where required to provide sleep-in cover as part of a team on a regular basis
- To develop and implement an activities programme for the unit
- To support care planning and behaviour management
- To ensure that the events of the shift are all accurately recorded in the logbook and that incident forms and young people's logs contain all the relevant information
- To always ensure confidentiality is maintained
- To provide all the relevant information for the next team at handover and making sure that everything is accounted for, and all recording is up to date
- To be an active participant in the inhouse training program
- To be in contact with parents, social services, or other relevant authorities as appropriate.
- To undertake such duties as the Registered Homes Manager may, from time to time, request
- To undertake regulation 45 monitoring and Quality of Care reviews under guidance from manager
- Actively participate in regulation 44 reports and action any requirements from these
- Ensure Ofsted regulation 40 notifications are submitted on time for significant events and that all recording is in place
- Manage Key teams and ensure that all Keywork tasks and young people's case files are up to date
- Manage home in absence of Home Manager
- To manage petty cash and purchasing as necessary.
Skills required:
Essential
- Well-developed written and verbal communication
- Management of budgets and staff rotas
- Project management
- Driving license
- Behaviour management skills and knowledge of safeguarding
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Enthusiastic disposition
- Committed to achieving best outcomes for children
- Flexible in achieving objectives
- Demonstrated commitment to ongoing personal development
- Proactive and solution focused
- Loyal and committed
- Long term vision and resilience
If this sounds like something you would be interested in then click apply now to get your CV over to our Recruitment Team and someone will be in contact.